Performing Patch Impact Analysis - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 15: Analyzing the Impact of Installing Microsoft Operating System Patches
Analyzing the Impact of Installing a Microsoft Operating System Patch
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with the patch information that you imported in previous releases using the Patch Impact Manager tool. Therefore,
any procedures you previously used to analyze patch information will continue to work as they did in previous
releases.
The section is organized in the following topics:
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Performing Patch Impact Analysis

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Viewing Patch Impact Analysis Results
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Viewing Patch and Patch Impact Information in Application Manager and ConflictSolver
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Generating the Patch Report
Performing Patch Impact Analysis
You can use the Patch Impact Analysis Wizard to identify conflicts between Microsoft operating system patches
and the packages and OS Snapshots in your Application Catalog. This helps you determine how specific MSI
packages or OS Snapshots would be affected when a Microsoft OS patch is installed.
Task: To perform patch impact analysis:
1. On the ConflictSolver Patches tab, select Patch Impact Analysis Wizard from the Conflicts menu or
select a patch and select Patch Impact Analysis Wizard from the context menu.
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If you had a patch selected when you launched the Wizard, the Source Patches Panel opens, with the
imported patch(es) that were selected when you launched the wizard automatically selected.
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If you launched the Wizard by selecting Patch Impact Analysis Wizard from the ConflictSolver
Conflicts menu, the Welcome Panel will open.
2. Click Next. The OS Snapshot Panel opens.
3. Optionally, select an OS Snapshot to include in your analysis. The selected OS Snapshot will be used to
identify specific file information for any patch impacts that are discovered. Only one OS Snapshot can be
selected.
Tip • The OS Snapshot serves as a representation of the underlying baseline system in your enterprise. If you
include an OS Snapshot in your Patch Impact Analysis, then the file version information displayed in warning
messages is derived from that OS Snapshot. If an OS Snapshot is not included in the analysis, the file version
information will be displayed as "unknown". As such, it is recommended to include an OS Snapshot in your
analysis because this allows a finer-tuned evaluation of impacts based upon file and version information.
4. Click Next. The Source Patches Panel opens.
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The patch information that you import using OS Security Patch Wizard is identical to and compatible
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